Contains the history of the FitzGeralds or Geraldines, from their alleged descent from the Gherardisci [Gherardesca], a noble family of Tuscany, first mentioned in 910 A.D. Other topics mentioned are Otho, a Baron of England and his son Walter FitzOtho; Gerald FitzWalter; his marriage to Nesta, the daughter of Rhys ap Griffith, Prince of South Wales and the marriage of Lafracoth, daughter of Murrough O’Brien, and Arnulph de Montgomery; Maurice FitzGerald; the arrival in Ireland of Richard de Clare (Strongbow) upon Dermot MacMurrough’s plea for help against Roderick and the resulting war; Gerald FitzGerald, 1st Baron of Offaly; Maurice, 2nd Baron of Offaly; and the origin of the Kildare FitzGeralds’ war cry of Crom a boo. Also briefly mentions Maurice, 3rd Baron of Offaly; Gerald, father of Maurice, 5th Baron and Thomas, father of Thomas, 1st Earl of Kildare.